RECA Downwinder Counties
November 21, 2011 by R. Hugh Stephens, Esq. · 2 Comments
I was recently asked which counties are covered under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) for downwinder claims. I found this list on the Department of Justice RECA website:
Downwind, Counties and other: in the State of Utah, the counties of Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Washington, and Wayne; in the State of Nevada, the counties of Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, White Pine, and that portion of Clark County that consists of townships 13 through 16 at ranges 63 through 71; and in the State of Arizona, the counties of Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai, and that part of Arizona that is north of the Grand Canyon.
See http://www.justice.gov/civil/common/reca.html (last accessed November 20, 2011).
My husband was exposed to radiation in Great Falls Montana during the Vietnan era 1970-1974. During that time, he worked on nuclear weapons. While in a coma in 2006 he contrated a rare skin disease eventually diagnosed as Dermatomyositis.. The skin was coming apart and the Drs didn’t know why and to this day he still has skin problems. I felt it had something to do with the radiation, but no one could verify it. They called him the mystery man. Anyway, I have the application for the radiation exposure and it doesn’t list the vietnam era or Great Falls Montana. Dianne Midgley
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